Principal Superintendent of Convicts' Free Franking Privilege

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A Letter From the Principal Superintendent of Convicts in Sydney, March 1843 Ohms outer cover with imprint 'Prin. Sup. of Convicts' Office, Sydney' at lower left and addressed to a magistrate in Van Diemen's Land. The contents are largely illegible but what is clearly illustrated by the postal markings is the privilege of Free franking that was extended to the Principal Superintendent of Convicts under the 1835 Postal Act., Governor Darling had raised the status of the office of the Principal Superintendent of Convicts by transferring to it in February 1828 'all matters relating to the conduct and management of the convicts', including the preparation of Tickets of Leave and Certificates of Freedom, applications to marry, and all correspondence respecting the sentences, disposal and management of convicts.

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